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Milosovic outlived by his trial
Topic Started: Mar 11 2006, 05:26 AM (162 Views)
George K
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Milosovic found dead in prison cell.

(CNN) -- Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has been found dead in his prison cell in The Hague, Netherlands, according to the United Nations war crimes tribunal. He was 64.

An official in the chief prosecutor's office said Milosevic was found at about 10 a.m. and that he apparently had been dead for several hours. An autopsy will be performed, the official said.

The tribunal did not say how Milosevic had died. French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy told reporters Milosevic had died of natural causes.

"Milosevic was found lifeless on his bed in his cell at the United Nations detention unit," the U.N. tribunal said in a statement.

"The guard immediately alerted the detention unit officer in command and the medical officer. The latter confirmed that Slobodan Milosevic was dead."

The tribunal said Dutch police and coroners were called in and started an inquiry. Milosevic's family has been informed, it added.

The former Serbian president had been on trial since 2002 on 66 charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes during the bloody disintegration of Yugoslavia in the 1990s.

He had been held at the Hague since 2001 when he was transferred from the Serbian capital Belgrade following his overthrow in 2000.

Milosevic had suffered a heart condition and high blood pressure which had repeatedly interrupted his trial in the Hague.

The tribunal had recently rejected Milosevic's request to travel to Russia for specialist medical treatment, CNN's Christiane Amanpour reported. Milosevic said he would appeal against the decision, saying his health was worsening.
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John D'Oh
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The trial's gone on so long he probably died of boredom. Not exactly a ringing endorsement of the European legal process.
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George K
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Trial lasted only 5 years. What's the problem?

:lol:
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George K
Mar 11 2006, 08:52 AM
Trial lasted only 5 years. What's the problem?

:lol:

It's a good job they didn't use the same approach at Nuremberg. Goering would probably still be talking.
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George K
Mar 11 2006, 09:52 AM
Trial lasted only 5 years. What's the problem?

Let's see if Saddam Hussein can beat that. :D
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Optimistic
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So I guess the message is, amass enough heinous crimes against humanity and you can throw a wrench in the system and drag out the process to ridiculous lengths.

Oh, and all the better if you can claim deteriorating health when trial time rolls around. Look at Pinochet. House arrests? Well that's quite a slap on the wrist.
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Mar 11 2006, 09:47 AM
So I guess the message is, amass enough heinous crimes against humanity and you can throw a wrench in the system and drag out the process to ridiculous lengths.

Oh, and all the better if you can claim deteriorating health when trial time rolls around. Look at Pinochet. House arrests? Well that's quite a slap on the wrist.

I'm sorry, Pinochet can't be guilty of anything. Margaret Thatcher thinks he's a good guy, and served him tea, so he must be OK. Margaret is never wrong.
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JBryan
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I always knew he would get the death penalty even if in a round about sort of way (leave it to the Euros to find one).

I actually expect them to continue the trial with his cadaver propped up in the dock.

Justice must be done.
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George K
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JBryan
Mar 11 2006, 09:12 AM
Justice must be done.

And it shall be:

Milosevic Death Won’t Slow War Crimes Trial

by Scott Ott

(2006-03-11) — The sudden death of former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic in a United Nations prison toady won’t keep “the butcher of the Balkans” off the witness stand nor slow the proceedings in his genocide trial, according to an unnamed spokesman at the Hague.

“If he thinks that he can slow down this court by dying, he’s gravely mistaken,” said the anonymous source. “There’s nothing that can retard our administration of justice, nor reduce the credibility of this global institution.”

Mr. Milosovic, imprisoned at the Hague five years ago, faces a variety of war crimes charges, including the genocide of more than 8,000 Muslims during his bloody decade ruling the former Soviet state.

The court spokesman said that after an autopsy, Mr. Milosevic would now undergo another round of psychiatric examinations to determine his continuing fitness to stand trial.
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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... "
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:lol:
"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne


There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it".


Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody.

Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore.

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John D'Oh
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I actually had to double check to make sure that was satire. It's been a long day.
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